WHERE SHE TURNED UP. WISN 12 NEWS AT10 STARTS RIGHT NOW. ONLY ON 12...A BROOKFIELD WOMAN GRABBED FROM BEHIND WHILE OUT ON A WALK IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. 12 NEWS CHRISTINA PALLADINO IS LIVE AT THE BROOFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT AND CHRISTINA--THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST TWO SIGHTINGS OF THIS MAN. POLICE HERE ARE STEPPING UP THEIR PATROLS IN THE AREAS WHERE NEIGHBORS HAVE SEEN A MAN WEARING ALL BLACK AND A SKI MASK. IN ONE INCIDENT--A WOMAN FOUGHT BACK WHEN HE TOUCHED HER. OFFICERS WANT THE COMMUNITY TO BE ON ALERT. "I THINK IT'S AWFUL--I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO CLEAN UP THEIR ACT--THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS ABOUT." BROOKFIELD RESIDENT, BRIAN ANGLIM, IS A FATHER OF TWO GIRLS AND WAS SHOCKED TO HEAR ABOUT A WOMAN BEING GRABBED BY A MAN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE AFTERNOON NEAR HIS HOME. POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT HAPPENED AROUND 4:30 WEDNESDAY WHEN A WOMAN WAS WALKING BY HERSELF NEAR CHEVY CHASE AND ELM TERRACE IN THE CARRIAGE HILLS NEIGHNBORHOOD. "HE WAS WEARING A BLACK SKI MASK, BLACK SWEATSHIRT--LONG SHORTS DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY HIS ANKLE AREA--GRABBED THE SUBJECT BY THE ARM AND HIP AREA." SERGEANT KOTRLY SAYS THE WOMAN INSTANTLY FOUGHT BACK. "SHE TURNED AROUND TO GIVE AN ELBOW--SHE WASN'T SURE WHAT HE WAS DOING--AND HE TURNED AROUND AND RAN THE OPPOSITE WAY AROUND A RESIDENCE." POLICE SAY THEN ON THURSDAY EVENING THEY RECEIVED ANOTHER CALL FROM A CONCERNED NEIGHBOR WHO REPORTED SEEING A YOUNG MAN DRESSED IN ALL BLACK AND A SKI MASK RUNNING IN BETWEEN HOMES IN HER SUBDIVISION. NOW POLICE ARE INCREASING THEIR PRESENCE. "WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE AWARE--WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE SAFE--WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL SECURE." GINA HESIAK SAYS SHE'S GOING TO BE MORE VIGILANT WHEN SHE GOES OUT TO EXERCISE. "JUST MAKE SURE WHEN YOU LEAVE THE HOUSE SOMEBODY KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE GOING--BRING A CELL PHONE WITH YOU--BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS." THE WOMAN WHO WAS CONFRONTED TOLD POLICE THE YOUNG MAN SEEMED TO BE A TEENAGER. POLICE SAY NO ONE HAS BEEN HURT. LIVE IN BROOKFIELD... EXTORTION-- SEX AND

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